ArticleAttention, perception & psychophysics2019
Lost to translation: How design factors of the mouse-tracking procedure impact the inference from action to cognition.
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- Using mouse cursor tracking to investigate online cognition: Preserving methodological ingenuity while moving toward reproducible science.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2021Pooled it
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- Disentangling decision errors from action execution in mouse-tracking studies: The case of effect-based action control.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2025Article
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- Motor demands influence conflict processing in a mouse-tracking Simon task.Psychological research · 2023Article
- Dissociating sub-processes of aftereffects of completed intentions and costs to the ongoing task in prospective memory: A mouse-tracking approach.Memory & cognition · 2022Article
- Design choices: Empirical recommendations for designing two-dimensional finger-tracking experiments.Behavior research methods · 2020Article
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From an embodiment perspective, action and cognition influence each other constantly. This interaction has been utilized in mouse-tracking studies to infer cognitive states from movements, assuming a continuous manifestation of cognitive processing into movement. However, it is mostly unknown how this manifestation is affected by the variety of possible design choices in mouse-tracking paradigms. Here we studied how three design factors impact the manifestation of cognition into movement in a Simon task with mouse tracking. We varied the response selection (i.e., with or without clicking), the ratio between hand and mouse cursor movement, and the location of the response boxes. The results show that all design factors can blur or even prevent the manifestation of cognition into movement, as reflected by a reduction in movement consistency and action dynamics, as well as by the adoption of unsuitable movement strategies. We conclude that deliberate and careful design choices in mouse-tracking experiments are crucial to ensuring a continuous manifestation of cognition in movement. We discuss the importance of developing a standard practice in the design of mouse-tracking experiments.
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